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UNITED STATES PETER J. JOECKEN, OF CLEVELAND,

ATENT OFFICE.

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,542, dated March1'7, 1896.'

Application filed February 26, 1895. Serial No. 539,738. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER J. J OECKEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements inWashbcards, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The invention described herein has for its object the construction andarrangement of two protectors movable together and so mounted inrelation to the other portions of the washboard as to form, inconnection with the brand-board, a soap-receptacle above therubbing-faces thereof; and, in general terms, the invention consists inthe construction and combination substantially as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a washboard embodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form of the same.Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional Views similar to Fig. 1, illustratingmodifications in the construction of the brand-board and protectors.

In the practice of my invention the protectors 1 and 2 are formedintegral with each other, so as to move in unison, and are provided withsuitable trunnions adapted to fit within sockets formed in the innerfaces of the side bars 3 of the washboard-frame, said sockets beingarranged in line or approximately in line with the brand-board 4. It ispreferred to so construct the two protectors that they will be at ornearly at right angles to each other, so that when one of saidprotectors is adjusted to proper relation with one of the rubbing-facesthe other protector will lie between the side bars parallel orapproximately parallel with the brand-board. In the construction shownin Fig. 1 the pivotal point of the protectors is arranged below thebrand-board, and the latter projects down between the two protectors,so'that when one of the protectors is adjusted to position for use itwill form, in connection with the brandboard, a soap-receptacle, whilethe other protector will bear against the then rear side of thebrand-board and serve to hold the other protector in operative position.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the brand-board is made of a widthequal or approximately equal to half the distance between the head-piece8 and cross-bar 6, and the protectors are pivotally mounted just abovethe brand-board. In this construction when one of the protectors isadjusted to position for protector usethe other protector will operateas a brand-board, filling the space between the brand-board andhead-piece. The protectors are held in operative positions by means ofsprings 7, attached to the under side of the head-piece and constructedto engage one edge of the protectors when it is adjusted to position forbrand-board use, and thereby hold the other protector in position forprotector use.

As shown in Fig. 3, the brand-board need only project a short distancebelow the upper edge of the protector, which is turned up into thebrand-board space, as such protector will then operate as abrand-boardand the two protectors form the soap box or receptacle; or, if desired,the brand-board need not project below the upper edge of such protector,in which case a lock 9, similar to that shown in Fig. 2, will beemployed for holding the protectors in operative position, as shown inFig. 4.

By the term integral, as herein applied to the two protectors, is meanta structure in which the two boards or members forming the protectorsare so inseparably united, joined, or connected together as to move inunison, the invention not being limited to a construction in which thetwo members are cut or formed from one block or piece of material.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. The combination in a double-facedwashboard, of a receptacle consisting of two protectors at an angle toeach other, provided with trunnions and movable in unison, saidtrunnions being so mounted in side bars as to permit one of theprotectors to be shifted to a position of use above one of therubbingfaces, thereby forming a soap receptacle above the protectorwhile the other protector will lie within the opening in the frame abovethe cross-bar, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a double-faced wash board, of a soap-receptacleconsisting of two protectors at an angle to each other and provided withtrunnions, said trunnions being so mounted in the side bars as to permitof the receptacle being reversed through between the side bars, wherebyin one position of the receptacle one of its sides will project at anangle above one of the rubbing-faces, and the other side willpartiallyfill the space usually occupied by the brand-board,substantially as set forth.

The combination in a double-faced Washboard, of a soap-receptacleconsisting of two boards at an angle to each other, provided withtrunnions, said trunnions being so mounted, in the side bars, as topermit of the receptacle being reversed throughvbetween PETER J.JOECKEN.

Vitnesses:

J. M. GORHAM, I. II. LooKWooD, Jr.

